James Raine

James was born in 1860 in Middleton, Teesdale, Co Durham.¹   James' father was Thomas Raine and his mother was Hannah Tunstall.  His paternal grandparents were John Raine and Mary Bainbridge. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Matthew, William, Thomas, Joseph, Agnes, Margaret and Ellen.  He was the second oldest of the eight children. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named John, Thomas, Charles, Philip and Mary.